Poetic forms are great poetic games for poets to play with. Today, we look at the cro cumaisc etir casbairdni ocus lethrannaigecht, an Irish quatrain form.

Cro Cumaisc Etir Casbairdni Ocus Lethrannaigecht Poems

The cro cumaisc etir casbairdni ocus lethrannaigecht is an Irish poetic form, which means there are quite a few rules about rhyming and syllables (plus, it has a really long name). But, like other Irish poetic forms, it's fun once you get the rules down.

Here are the guidelines:

Quatrain (or four-line) stanzas

Seven syllables in lines one and three; five syllables in lines two and four

Lines one and three end with a three-syllable word

Lines two and four end with a one-syllable word

Rhyme scheme in each stanza: abab

Let's try it out.

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